Questions of identification of the Carabidae

I've seen some work on this topic in Google search results somewhere, in French, I think...

One more question. Is the determinant of the "European Part of the USSR vol. 2 of 1965" suitable for separating Harpalus dimidiatus and H. caspius?
I don't quite get it right.

Well, IMHO, the signs there are b. - m. clear, although I have not seen either type" in person", and I may be mistaken. It is probably easier to prepare the genitals and either photograph and send photos to the ZIN, or-mounted copies with preparations of the genitals, and then navigate by them (there will be, so to speak, a standard) .

Well, IMHO, the signs there are b. - m. clear, although I have not seen either type" in person", and I may be mistaken. It is probably easier to prepare the genitals and either take photos and send them to the ZIN, or-mounted copies with preparations of the genitals, and then navigate by them (there will be, so to speak, a standard ).

I don't quite agree about the clarity of the signs. In this case, there is only one clear sign: the main edge of the elytra is wide, usually curved forward in a steep arc and forms an acute angle with the lateral edge.
The remaining signs are either indicated only in the thesis or in the antithesis, or are of a comparative nature, the chiba "more than..."I
have the same beetles of this group, with the edge of the elytra as in H. caspius and the rest of the signs as in H. dimidiatus (color and gloss of the top, color of the antennae).

Then-dissect and look at the genitals, if in this case there are no significant differences-call for help from molecular scientists

Mr. Adamov. If you are from Rostov, please contact the chairman of your entomological society department, Yuri Arzanov, a coleopterologist and a strong specialist in genital analysis. If they can't help, they will refer you to a specific specialist. Determining many species only by habit is pure fortune-telling on coffee grounds.

Mr. Adamov. If you are from Rostov, please contact the chairman of your entomological society department, Yuri Arzanov, a coleopterologist and a strong specialist in genital analysis. If they can't help, they will refer you to a specific specialist. Determining many species only by habit is pure fortune-telling on coffee grounds.

Yuri Genrikhovich checked my ground beetles only habitually. And direct, sent to ZIN. But I don't have the money yet for such a procedure (komondirovku).

Yuri Genrikhovich checked my ground beetles only habitually. And direct, sent to ZIN. But I don't have the money yet for such a procedure (komondirovku).

And if you send it by mail?
In addition, a business trip implies that it is paid for by the sending organization

This post was edited by Bad Den-02.06.2006 15: 14

It is most convenient to learn how to blow bags yourself and generally work with the genitals.
There they (coleopterologists) have a whole school of genitalists: Arzanov himself, Nabozhenko, Shokhin, Kasatkin, Khachikov, etc. I think that they will not refuse to teach you.

And if you send it by mail?
In addition, a business trip implies that it is paid for by the sending organization

My organization (RSU) has already sent me to ...

I don't want to send it by mail or with an opportunity. We need to master this definition, get the skills.

By the way, even if you start to dissect genetalia (blow for example). What kind of literature should I focus on?
I have the following works on Harpalini:

Kataev, B. M., Ground beetles of the genus Harpalus close to H. pumilus (Coleoptera, Carabidae), in Insects of Mongolia. Issue 11, 1990, pp. 91-142.

Kataev B. M. New data on ground beetles of the genera Pangus and Harpalus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Mongolia with the revision of a number of Palearctic groups/ / Insects of Mongolia. Issue 10, 1989, pp. 188-278.

Kataev B. M. Materials on the knowledge of ground beetles of the subgenus Hypsinephus Bates of the genus Harpalus Latr. (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Issue 9, 1984, pp. 75-79.

Kataev B. M. Ground beetles of the group Harpalus vitatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae)// Entomological Review LXIX, 2, 1990. pp. 391-400

Kataev, B. M., Review of ground beetles of the subgenus Harpalophonus Ganglb. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, genus Harpalus Latr.), Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, LXIII, 3, 1984, pp. 518-532.

Kataev B. M. Ground beetles of the Oblitus group of the genus Harpalus Latr. (Coleoptera, Carabidae)// Entomological Review, LXXII, 1, 1993. pp. 65-95.

And in these works, enlightenment was used, and the material described is not blown out, but described.
How do I compare it?

By the way, how are they enlightened?

The technique of genital dissection is well described here: http://insect-hunter.narod.ru/gj.htm

How to inflate the endophallus sac is described in O. E. Berlov:
http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/endopha2.htm
http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/endopha1.htm
And also here: http://insect-hunter.narod.ru/sil-ef.htm

For clarification, you can use 96% alcohol with glycerin (1:1), lactic acid. Glycerin itself somewhat enlightens the drug.

H.dimidiatus i H.caspius khorocho otlichajutsia vneshne. Po-moemu, na etot schet nado glianut' Jablokova-Khnzoriana - Zhuzhely Armianskoi SSR.

Da, i po-moemu, H.dimidiatus iz byvshego Sojuza byl izvesten tol'ko iz Moldavii i to - s voprosom. Eto mozhno proverit' po Checklistu.... Kryzhanovskii s soavt.

About Calathus with red prsp. At one time, I was making friends with my friends according to Vereshchagina (EO 1984). There are 2 species, I have much more often come across C. mollis, but C. melanocephalus is also there. And then I saw a link in RJ Entomology, there is a recovery. from the synonyms mollis C. cinctus, and it turned out that all our "mollis" is cinctus. And the Trigger for the Czech Republic and Slovakia (see my post in the topic "Book novelties...") gives 3 types in the table, indicating that they do not have a reliable mollis, and respectively. instructions related to cintus. But I haven't tried to identify my own yet - somehow my hands don't reach. So, I think that in the Crimea, cinctus is more common than other red-backed species, if there are any there at all.
If you want, I'll throw a link to the RJ, I'm sorry, I don't have anything else.

And what is Vereshchagina's article?
Yes, please write a link to RJ
I'll try to find the article.

Interesting... I also have a Harpalus dimidiatus or caspius, and I don't have the heart to say clearly that this is one or the other. combines the signs of both according to zelenenky from 1965. The Female Is very desirable To Determine. Even very necessary.

About Vereshchagina's article:
Carabids of the genus Calathus Bon. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the fauna of the USSR / / ENTOMOLOGICHESKOE OBOZRENIE 63(4) 1984: 751-767, illustr

About Vereshchagina's article:
Carabids of the genus Calathus Bon. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the fauna of the USSR / / ENTOMOLOGICHESKOE OBOZRENIE 63(4) 1984: 751-767, illustr

Anyone who finds this article is kindly requested to scan it and share it. I also have these ground beetles of the melanocephalus group and would also like to identify them more precisely. I think everyone will be grateful.

Anyone who finds this article is kindly requested to scan it and share it. I also have these ground beetles of the melanocephalus group and would also like to identify them more precisely. I think everyone will be grateful.

I found it...
I found it...
I have it, it turns out, already scanned
Sclerosis...
While it will be here, and a little later I will send it to A. L. Lobanov for posting on the ZIN website.

This post was edited by Bad Den - 02/21/2007 01: 19

I found it...
A little later I will send it to A. L. Lobanov for posting on the ZIN website.

Thank you, but don't take the quality comment as criticism.
It is clearly not worth posting ZINA on the site: the scan was made, apparently, from a thick file of the entomological review. There are a lot of things on the spread (binding) (even the key tag numbers) that can't be read.
I'll try to do better. Although in our library all the old magazines are bound in 6 numbers.

Thank you, but don't take the quality comment as criticism.
It is clearly not worth posting ZINA on the site: the scan was made, apparently, from a thick file of the entomological review. There are a lot of things on the spread (binding) (even the key tag numbers) that can't be read.
I'll try to do better. Although in our library all the old magazines are bound in 6 issues.

I agree, but what can you do - the scanner of that time did not have a great depth of field.

Here is a link to the link about Calathus
RJ Entomologiya 1991 No. 5 pp. 12

I scanned the page from the Trigger for this group, send the soap to the PM - I will try to send it.